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Egypt Volunteer Fire Department

Altoona, AL · Etowah County. Egypt Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 22 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

22
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Egypt Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Alabama average.

31st pct.
national personnel size
+29%
vs. Alabama average
$295,619
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
53/100
Egypt Volunteer Fire Department

A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$13,437 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
22 personnel

Egypt Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Altoona, AL (Etowah County) and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,592 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $295,619.

  • National personnel rank #15,592 of 22,440
  • AL personnel rank #405 of 733
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 25 other listed departments in Etowah County

Egypt Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

22 Top 69% higher than 31% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 03115 · Egypt Volunteer Fire Department, AL 22 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,592
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Carsonville Volun…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $296K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Carsonville Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+ 0 personnel)

Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AL department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Altoona, AL
FDID
03115

FEMA Grant History

$296K
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FV-00126 $295,619

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Alabama average

How Egypt Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #405 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,592 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 29% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
84
AL departments
1,302

County roster fringe

Egypt Volunteer Fire Department is 4.3% of Etowah County roster mass

The county lists 33 departments totaling 506 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Carsonville Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Black Creek Volunteer Fire Department
Collinsville · volunteer
Gadsden Fire Department
Gadsden · career
Gallant Volunteer Fire Department
Gallant · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.

Carsonville Volunteer Fire Department, MN 22 Wharton-Barrett Volunteer Fire Department, WV 22 Hancock Fire Department, MI 22 Wolf Lake Fire Department, MN 22 Clinch County Fire Department, GA 22 Harbor Beach Fire Department, MI 22 Winsor Township Fire Department, MI 22 Portage Fire and Rescue, UT 22

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Egypt Volunteer Fire Department have?

Egypt Volunteer Fire Department has 22 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 29% above the Alabama average of 17 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #15,592 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AL, it ranks #405 of 733 by personnel.

Does Egypt Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Egypt Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Egypt Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Egypt Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Egypt Volunteer Fire Department?

Egypt Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Etowah County, AL. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Egypt Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Egypt Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $295,619 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in Alabama?

Alabama has 1,302 fire departments with 22,091 total personnel. 51% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.